Spec me a case

Flakey

Flakey

Flakey

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Budget is up to £230 (would prefer something for around 150 though).

Going to be running crossfire, a big air cooler push/pull, 5 HDD and 2 SSD. So I need something that will fit all them.

Im currently changing from an Antec 902, never again... Waste of space case.


My preference of things I want from a case: (Highest to lowest)

Space (Also includes the cut out for coolers in the motherboard tray)
Cable magement
Cooling
Asthetics
Noise (Currently live with a very loud case so im used to it).


Almost considered a 650D, but from lots of reading the front fans can be a pain to change apparently. (if anyone knows of a easy workaround for that I'd probably buy it).

Thanks.
 
I can vouch for the 650d mate, It is a stunning case and ticks all your boxes! I have not changed my front fan yet, though dont understand what would be hard about changing one as long as you replace it with a 200mm, depth should not be a problem either, as you can move your H/D cage back.

I know one user on here who has fitted a 200mm fan to this case and has not had any probs AFAIK, alternatives are the raven series RV02 & RV03, The Haf x, The white 600 and loads more others that fit your criteria.
 
Might be worth considering the 650d again then, I hate this whole case buying... its not as black and white as buying a gfx card or anything else.

Dont want to spend a load of money on it only to find my stuff doesnt fit properly or the case has cheap tool less things that break easily etc.

Was also looking at the RV02 and 03 cases too, only problem is the spacing looks small from reviews? Not that its a major issue but installing a load of stuff in a case with little space isnt a nice experience and stretches out a job longer than it needs to be.

No idea what to go for tbh.
 
I went from Antec 902 to Raven RV02 white edition and can tell you the difference is huge in build quality/noise/features....the case is just so much better.

One thing that really annoyed me with the Antec 902 was the way the dust filters had to be cleaned you had to undo a lot of screws just for it whereas in the RV02 it's a 30 second job and they do a great job of keeping it out of the case too.

The only noisy thing for me now is my Viper fans on my cpu cooler but i probably replace those soon.

Crossfire should be fine in a RV02 as it's cooling for gfx cards is amongst the best.

Only downside is i think you would only manage 5 HD's fitted inside it and a ssd....you may have to sell a ssd but i might be slightly wrong there as i haven't looked much into that as i never own that many HD's.:p
 
Was doing some reading anyway, it seems the Raven RV03 has nearly twice the HDD bays than the 02? Would it be worth looking at that instead of the 02 or is it really as bad as some people want you to believe?
 
The FT02 does seem good from those build pictures, I guess mine would look similar since im running 5850 crossfire too :p.

My only concern is that i'd be 1/2 HDD places short depending on how many I use :/

Maybe I could use one of the larger bays with an adapter to make up the space?
 
Flakey said:
The FT02 does seem good from those build pictures, I guess mine would look similar since im running 5850 crossfire too :p.

My only concern is that i'd be 1/2 HDD places short depending on how many I use :/

Maybe I could use one of the larger bays with an adapter to make up the space?
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Or a Desk caddy.

Plugs invia eSATA
 
Not to be funny or anything but wouldnt getting a caddy beat the purpose of getting a new case :p.

Going to do some looking around anyway, see how others fit a lot of drives into it.
Thanks for everyones help so far.
 
Flakey said:
The FT02 does seem good from those build pictures, I guess mine would look similar since im running 5850 crossfire too :p.

My only concern is that i'd be 1/2 HDD places short depending on how many I use :/

Maybe I could use one of the larger bays with an adapter to make up the space?
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How many drives do you have? It takes 5 conventional plus one SSD. You could fit a second SSD where there optical drives go or even mount more conventional drives in there.
 
FT02, and you run out of hdd space you can buy drive bay caddies to mount it in the drive bay. It's specs and features are awesome, 3 easy to remove dust filters, and great air cooling, which will benefit you more in crossfire assuming you have 2 reference cards.
 
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